Clinical Nurse
Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
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Linda is a 1990 graduate of Ursuline College earning her BSN. She has been employed at Marymount Hospital Cleveland Clinic, since 1992. Linda started her career as a medical-surgical nurse. She transitioned into perioperative nursing in 1992. Her experience in perioperative nursing includes being a clinical nurse in various specialties and charge nurse. Linda has maintained her CNOR since 1994. Linda has attended two AORN Global Surgical Conference and Expos in Boston and New Orleans as co-author for poster presentations.
Linda joined the research study when the sub-study was initiated to better understand the perceptions of the soothing environment on OR personnel because of her extensive perioperative nursing experience. This is Linda's first experience in nursing research. She is eager to share how involvement in a qualitative research study has affected her personally and her perioperative career.